Attachment for shoe-stitching machines



Sept. 4, 1923. 1,467.052

T. F. MCREYNOLDS ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE STITCHING MACHINES Original Filed June 8, 1920 WITNESSES IN VE/V TOR T n 6M 1 WM ATTORNEYS Thomas 1 McBeynoZds.

' Patented Sept. 4, i923.

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THOMAS F. MQREYNOLDS, or. PUEBLO, COLORADO.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE STITCHING MACHINES.

Application filed June 2; 1920, Serial To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 THOMAS F. MCREY- NOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Shoe-Stitching Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe stitching machine attachments, it being more particularly an attachment enabling the ready application of a welt strip, and it consists in the constructions and arrangements substantially as herein described and claimed.

One of the foremost objects of the invention is to provide a guide operating in conjunction with a well known type of shoe stitching machine for the purpose of applying a welt strip either to new or old shoes, as the shoe is manipulated in the stitching operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a welt strip guide for the purpose of enabling the easy application of a welt strip to old and weakened shoes, thereby at once improving the appearance and adding material strength thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide an easily and cheaply made attachment for the purpose described.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a detail view of only so much of a well known type of shoe stitching machine, as is necessary to illustrate the application of the attachment,

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the welt guide, and

Figure 3 is a detail edge view.

By way of introduction, it is thought desirable to describe the purpose of the invention. There is a type of shoe on the market known as the Scuffer shoe which has gained much popularity, especially among children. This is not a welt shoe, but is made by lasting the upper out instead of in, as in ordinary shoes, a small narrow strip of leather being stitched around the upper part of the sole to give it the appearance of a welt shoe.

Ordinary shoe repair shops do not have the facilities for repairing this type of shoe, and the result is that the period of useful- No. 387,310. Renewed July 10, 1923.

ness of these shoes is somewhat shortened. lVhcn attempts to make repairs are made, it becomes necessary to remove the strip re ferred to above, which strip is sewn on in the factory, thus leaving the stitching too weak to hold the shoe for the subsequent repair operation. Furthermore, in trying to stitch the shoe after the original strip has been removed, on a stitching machine, the awl of the machine will catch behind the original stitch and make the shoe smaller.

The attachment overcomes the difliculties named above, as well as others which might be pointed out. The ordinary shoe guard is removed from its customary place on the stitching machine 1, and the arm. 2 of the attachment is secured in its place by the fas tening means 3 and slotted end 4. By simply unloosening the fastening means 3 the arm2 can be pulled olf.

The right edge of the arm is slightly bent Or curled inwardly as at 5 to impart rigidity to the otherwise flexible metal strip. The leading edge is decidedly part additional strength to the arm and make room for the manipulation of the shoe S behind the attachment. The extreme upper end or point of the arm is slightly bent inwardly at 7 for the purpose of holding the welt strip W beneath the sole of the shoe, the shoe being inverted as in Figure 1 during the sewing operation.

Formed at one side of the arm 2 and in continuity with the upper curved edge 8 thereof, is the rectangular guide 9 which is of such a. size as to easily contain the welt strip and permit its passage without binding. The rough side of the welt strip comes uppermost when threaded into the guide 9 as in F igure2.

The operation can be readily understood. The operator simply inverts the shoe as illustrated in Figure 1, so that the projecting edge of the sole comes over the welt strip W which is to be sewn on. The side of theguide 9 farthest from the observer, bears against the upper of the shoe and thus gauges the distance at which the awl and needle of the stitching machine perforates not only the welt strip but the original sole leather of the shoe. When the welt strip has been sewn on the shoe has the appearance of newness and the strip being of new leather of course gives the shoe additional strength which greatly prolongs its life.

Vhile the construction and arrangement offset at 6 to im-' of the improved attachment as herein described and claimed, is that of a generally preferred form, obviously modifications and changes can be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim.

I claim An attachment for shoe stitchers, comprising a metal arm having oilset edges imparting strength thereto, a slotted lower end enabling attachment, a bent upper point providing a support, and an upper curve in continuation or" said bent end, including a rectangular tubular guide through which a Welt strip is drawn as a shoe is moved over said guide and bent end during a sewing operation.

THOMAS F. MCREYNOLDS. 

